Garment-clasp.



No. 630,3l9. Patented Aug. 8, I899.

' W. GQ BERTRAM.

GARMENT CLASP.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM G. BERTRAM, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GARM ENT-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,319, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed March 29, 1899. 'Serial No. 710,972.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. BERTRAM, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Clasps, of which the following is a speciparticular member adapted to bind the fabric between the parts of the hook-plate.

The invention will be hereinafter fully de scribed, and specifically set forth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line m at of Fig. 1, and Fig 4C is a plan view of the device in open position.

In constructing my device I employ a metallic plate a, one end of which is provided with a slot 1), in which a tape or string 0 is secured. \Vhile the construction shown is at this time preferred, the tape or string may be otherwise fastened to the plate.

The end of the plate a opposite the slot 1) is bent back upon itself, forming the fiat bill d, and the edge of this bill 11 is preferably serrated. The plate is formed of spring metal, so that the serrated edge of the bill d is normally held away from the plate a.

At a point between the serrated edge of the bill and the slot 21 milled or otherwise roughened plate a is pivoted to the plate a by means of the rivet g. Interposed between the under face of the milled plate and the upper face of the lower plated and surrounding the rivet g is a collar h, spacing said plates apart.

he milled plate (3' is also made of spring metal, and the roar corners of said plate at i clasped to the fabric of an (No model.)

are beveled, so that when the plate is swung from open toward the closed position the beveled corners will come in contact with the corners of the bill 01 and depress it.

In the operation of the device, the clasp being open, as shown in full lines in Fig. 4 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the fabric is is first inserted between the plate a, and the bill 61 and then bent backwardly over said bill. The milled plate e is then swung from its open position over the fabric on the bill d. This action will adjust the fabric firmly between the plate a and the bill and between the bill and themilled plate 6, and the serrated edges of the bill will seize the fabric when strain is brought. upon it and prevent it from slipping out from the clasp.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garment-clasp, the combination of a main plate having an integral bill of spring metal provided with a serrated edge, and a swingable plate pivoted to said main plate and spaced therefrom and adapted to clamp the fabric between the bill and the main body of the main plate, over the serrated edge of the bill and between the bill and the swingable plate, substantially as described.

.2. In 'a garment-clasp, the combination of a mainyplate having an integral bill of spring metal having a serrated edge, a pivot mounted in said main plate adjacent to said serrated edge, a collar on said pivot, a swingable plate mounted on said pivot above said collar, said plate having beveled corners adapted for contact with and to depress the bill of the main plate, whereby the fabric is held securely between the bill and the main body of the main plate, on the serrated edge of the bill, and between the bill and the swingable plate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of March, 1899. I

WILLIAM G. BERTBAM. Witnesses:

SETH B'RonnvsoN, B. MoCoMn. 

